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Flores hermaphroditi, dense ferrugineo-tomcntelli, non nisi subevoluti noti. Perianthii 
tubus nullus. Limbi scgmenta perlate ovata, acuta. Filamenta parce pilosa, 
antheris 3 — 4-plo breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis parvis, globosis, sessilibus 
aucta. Antherae suborbiculares, apice rotundatac, 4-locellatae. Staminodia con- 
spicua, cordato-sagittata, apice glabra, stylo subbreviore, parce piloso stipitata. Ovarium 
glaberrimum, ellipsoideum, stylo subbreviore, stigmate discoideo. Fructus ignotus. 
Ha b. in Guatemala , in vulcano de Fuego ad Calderas: Salvin. 
( V. s. in herb. Kew. et Vindob.) 
41. Ocotea ferruginea Mez. Folia rigida, adulta supra subglabra 
v. obscure tomentella, subtus dense ferrugineo-tomentella, ovata v. late 
elliptica, basi obtusa v. breviter acuta, apice rotundata et insuper minu- 
tissime acutiuscula, penninervia, supra juniora scrobiculata, adulta praeter 
nervös et nonnunquam retem primarium sulcato-immersa laevia, subtus 
prominenti-reticulata. Inflorescentia racemosa, tomentosa, folia subaequans 
v. brevior. Flores hermaphroditi, tomentosi. Periantbii tubus maximus. 
Filamenta dorso pilosa, antheras quadraticas, truncatas aequantia. Sta- 
minodia stipitiformia. Ovarium glabrum stylo tertia parte breviore. 
Pleurothyrium ferrugineum Meissn. in PC. Proclr. XV, 1, p. 169; 
Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. III, p. 159. 
Arbor v. frutcx ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis, apice subangulatis, demum glabratis 
cinereis, geramis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 8 mm longis, 
leviter canaliculatis , sparsa, rigida, adulta supra subglabra v. obscure tomentella, subtus 
dense ferrugineo-tomentella, ovata v. late elliptica, basi obtusa v. breviter acuta, apice 
rotundata et insuper minutissime acutiuscula, + 70 mm longa, 38 mm lata, penninervia, 
supra costis et nonnunquam reti sulcato-immersis, ceterum juniora scrobiculato-arcolata, 
adulta laevia, subtus prominenti-costata rcticulataque, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 
40 — 60° prodeuntibus, margine plano v. incurvato. Inflorescentia pauciflora, solem- 
niter racemosa, ferrugineo-tomentosa, folia subaequans v. brevior. Flores hermaphro- 
diti, tomentosi, 4 — 5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus maximus, conicus, apice haud 
constrictus, basi in pcdicellum sensim attenuatus. Limbi segmenta intus papilloso- 
tomentosa, ovata, acuta. Filamenta dorso manifeste pilosa, antheras aequantia; 
scr. III. basi glandulis binis magnis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae quadraticae, 
utrinque truncatae. Staminodia stipitiformia. Ovarium glaberrimum, globosum, 
stylo tertia parte breviore, stigmate subdiscoidco. Bacca (perimmatura) cupulae perian- 
thii lobis persistentibus coronatae insidens. 
Hab. in Andibus Peruvia e ad Cuteroo: Jelslci n. 178 , 103, 109 et ad Jam- 
brasbamba: Mathews n. 1420. 
Floret Januarin, Julio. ( V. s. in herb. Mus. Brit . , Deless, Kew. et herbario meo 
ex collect, cl. Jelskii communicatam.) 
42. Ocotea insignis Mez nov. spec. Folia coviacea, adulta sub- 
glabra v. subtus sparse pilosa, obovata v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice 
